DDA Guest Lecture Series Spring 2026: Jeff Scher

Jeff Scher is an educator and Emmy Award winning animator.

His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Harvard Film Archives, The Pompidou Center and the Austrian National Film Archive.

He has created work for The New York Times, The New Yorker Magazine, IFC, HBO, PBS, the Sundance Channel and has also made numerous music videos for Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Graham Nash, Joan Baez, Tom Petty, and others. Mr. Scher teaches animation at N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts.

Mr. Scher has also had two solo shows of his paintings, which have also been included in many group shows in New York galleries. Additionally, he has created commissioned work for HBO, HBO Family, PBS, the Sundance Channel and more. Mr. Scher teaches graduate courses at the School of Visual Arts and at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Kanbar Institute of Film & Television’s Animation program.

This event is free and open to the public. If not Pratt affiliated, please RSVP by clicking on “register”.